FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 14, 2008 CONTACT: Brian Kennedy (202) 434-8200   Congressional Ban Set to Expire on September 30   Washington, D.C. - The Institute for Energy Research (IER) applauded President Bush’s decision to rescind the executive moratorium on outer continental shelf (OCS) energy production originally established by his father in 1990.  After urging [...]

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 14, 2008 CONTACT: Brian Kennedy (202) 434-8200 78 Days Until Congressional Offshore Energy Ban Expires   Washington, D.C. - The Institute for Energy Research (IER) launched a "Countdown Calendar" highlighting the days that remain until the Congressional moratorium on outer continental shelf (OCS) energy leasing expires.  Unless the Congress takes action to [...]

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 11, 2008 CONTACT: Brian Kennedy (202) 434-8200 EPA Proposal the most sweeping, pervasive in history Washington, D.C. - The Institute for Energy Research (IER) released the following statement in response to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) advanced notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) on carbon.  IER Director of State Affairs Dan [...]

PDF version (192KB) “An unprecedented expansion of EPA authority.” – EPA Administrator Johnson Explaining the ANPR The Environmental Protection Agency has announced that is it well on its way to regulating at least 85 percent of the energy used in America in the name of global warming (nevermind the fact that global temperatures have inexplicably [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 11, 2008 CONTACT: Brian Kennedy (202) 434-8200 New Proposals Ignore the Obvious: Access to New Supplies Washington, DC – As the head of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) warned of potential supply shortages and unlimited price increases should there be a military conflict that halts Iran’s oil production, [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 10, 2008 CONTACT: Brian Kennedy (202) 434-8200 Washington, DC – The Institute for Energy Research (IER) today released an analysis of the “Pickens Plan” to reduce America’s dependence on foreign sources of oil by erecting massive wind farms and redirecting natural gas to the transportation market. Rob Bradley, founder and CEO [...]

The “Pickens Plan” to reduce America’s dependence on foreign sources of oil by erecting massive wind farms and redirecting natural gas to the transportation market is fatally flawed.  IER has identified the following pitfalls: Wind power is intermittent Wind power is intermittent—electricity is generated only if and when the wind blows, and blows hard enough [...]

The National Petroleum Reserve – Alaska (NPR-A): Formerly known as the Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 4, the vast 23-million acre area on Alaska’s North Slope has a history of nearly 100 years of petroleum exploration. In 1923, mindful of the land’s conceivable petroleum value, President Harding set aside these 23 million acres as an emergency [...]

Dan Simmons Director of State Affairs When the Boxer-Lieberman-Warner global warming bill was debated on the floor of the Senate June 2nd to June 6th, one thing became clear—the costs of cap and trade style greenhouse gas regulation were enormous. Almost all serious economic analyses agree on this central point. Despite their defeat in the [...]